Main content | Search | Section navigation menu | Site-wide navigation menu

Main menu

 
 
 

Olivia Williams

Actor

 
Postman, ThePostman, The (1998)
Dir. Kevin Costner
Feat. Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Larenz Tate
The postie, Kevin Costner, delivers another clutch of post–apocalyptic improbabilities a la WATERWORLD. Again playing Man From Nowhere, here he…
RushmoreRushmore (1998)
Dir. Wes Anderson
Feat. Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams
Bamboozling minds everywhere is this oblique comedy from Wes Anderson (BOTTLE ROCKET), re–envisioning that Hollywood mainstay, Highschool USA,…
Heart of Me, TheHeart of Me, The (2002)
Dir. Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Feat. Helena Bonham Carter, Paul Bettany, Olivia Williams
A moody, though slightly outmoded period drama set in London between the wars in which two sisters become involved with the same man, as wife and…
Agatha Christie - A Life in PicturesAgatha Christie - A Life in Pictures (2004)
Dir. Richard Curson Smith
Feat. Olivia Williams, Anna Massey
BBC teledrama that focuses on the real life disappearance of detective–writer Agatha Christie in 1926, which has already spawned at least one…
Tara RoadTara Road (2005)
Dir. Gillies MacKinnon
Feat. Andie MacDowell, Olivia Williams, Stephen Rea
An attractive cast distinguishes this middling adaptation of Mauve Binchy's (CIRCLE OF FRIENDS) best–seller, in which two women – one…
Miss Austen RegretsMiss Austen Regrets (2008)
Dir. Jeremy Lovering
Feat. Samuel Roukin, Olivia Williams, Greta Scacchi
Dramatized account of Jane Austen's later years, focused around the author as she approaches her 40th birthday and is forced to confront the missed…
An EducationAn Education (2009) Aro Favourite
Dir. Lone Scherfig
Feat. Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina
An assured and alluring coming–of–age drama set in swinging sixties London (1961 in fact), with teenage ingenue Carey Mulligan falling in…
Ghost Writer, TheGhost Writer, The (2010) Recommended
Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams
A cracking yarn in unapologetic Hitchcock mould has Ewan McGregor hired to complete the memoirs of a Tony Blair–like former British prime…
Sex & Drugs & Rock & RollSex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (Sex and Drugs and Rock & Roll) (2010)
Dir. Mat Whitecross
Feat. Andy Serkis, Naomie Harris, Olivia Williams
Andy Serkis portrays trailblazing British rocker Ian Dury, who overcame childhood polio and its attendant social problems to emerge as an unlikely…
Wild BillWild Bill (2011) Recommended
Dir. Dexter Fletcher
Feat. Charlie Creed-Miles, Will Poulter, Andy Serkis
An ex–con returns home only to find his two sons have been abandoned by their mother and forced to stay with them he struggles with the demands…
CollaboratorCollaborator (2011)
Dir. Martin Donovan
Feat. Martin Donovan, David Morse, Olivia Williams
A playwright whose marriage and career are in a free fall has an explosive run–in with his former neighbor, a right–wing ex–con.
Case Sensitive (TV Series)Case Sensitive (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Olivia Williams, Darren Boyd, Peter Wight
Serviceable British policier centred on the case–solving acumen of a male–female detective team whose work regularly descends into…
Now is GoodNow is Good (2012)
Dir. Ol Parker
Feat. Dakota Fanning, Jeremy Irvine, Paddy Considine
Dakota Fanning plays a terminally ill teen determined to, among other bucket list necessities, lose her virginity before dying. A big, damp weepie…
Hyde Park on HudsonHyde Park on Hudson (2012)
Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Colman
Pleasant chronicle of the affair between President Roosevelt (Bill Murray) and his distant cousin, Daisy (Laura Linney), which comes to light during…
Last Days on Mars, TheLast Days on Mars, The (2013)
Dir. Ruairi Robinson
Feat. Liev Schreiber, Elias Koteas, Romola Garai
An inaugural manned mission to Mars comes unstuck following an encounter with a potential new life–form in this tense sci–fi expedition…
SabotageSabotage (2014)
Dir. David Ayer
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Terrence Howard
A brawn–before–brains action vehicle for aging star Arnold Schwarzenegger, here playing the leader of a DEA task squad hunted by a…
Maps to the StarsMaps to the Stars (2014) Recommended
Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack
Director David Cronenberg’s gaudy, lacerating satire of Hollywood vanities, featuring Julianne Moore in a richly–deserved…
Man UpMan Up (2015) Aro Favourite
Dir. Ben Palmer
Feat. Lake Bell, Simon Pegg, Olivia Williams
Simon Pegg and Lake Bell have the requisite chemistry and comedy chops in this nimble and self–aware rom–com about a single woman who's…
Halcyon, The (TV Series)Halcyon, The (TV Series) (2017)
Feat. Steven Mackintosh, Olivia Williams, Mark Benton
A suitably upholstered drama series set in and around a five–star London hotel during World War II.
Counterpart (TV Series)Counterpart (TV Series) (2017)
Feat. J.K. Simmons, Olivia Williams, Ulrich Thomsen
Father, TheFather, The (2020) Aro Favourite
Dir. Florian Zeller
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss
Anthony Hopkins reaches another career peak in this brilliant conceived and executed drama about an aging man who is losing his sense of…

Results Page   | 1 |    Paginate

Display
Display
Order
Order